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We are a community of parents fighting air pollution to protect the health of our children WHY MOMS CARE ABOUT TOXIC AIR The Clean Air Act has never been fully implemented. Americas kids face grave threats from toxic chemicals in the air.
We are a community of parents fighting air pollution to protect the health of our children
WHY MOMS CARE ABOUT TOXIC AIR
The Clean Air Act has never been fully
from toxic chemicals in the air.
can cause cancer
system
throat
endocrine and immune systems
weaken lungs and eyes
TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE AIR
My Personal Story
Paulsboro Train Derailment and Vinyl Chloride
Photo Courtesy of KYW-TV
6 cars derailed into the Mantua Creek on November 30, 2012 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride was released into the air
Photo NOAA
Our health continued to deteriorate over the next several days. We were assured we were in the “safe zone” and shouldn’t be feeling any symptoms of vinyl chloride toxicity.
MOTHERHOOD IS POWERFUL
You cannot buy clean air. You can stand up to it – through
It is time to tell Washington: Listen to your mothers! Together, we can make a difference
WHY IS CLEAN AIR CONTROVERSIAL?
Pro-polluters, working on behalf of the coal and fossil fuel industries, are spending millions of dollars lobbying Congress to dismantle the Clean Air Act – even though polls show that Americans want clean air.
and cripple the EPA’s authority to continue to keep our air and water clean.
Air Act, one of the most successful environmental protections in the world, signed into law in 1970 by President Richard Nixon.
jobs and soaring electric rates.
NAPTIME ACTIVISM
thousands of parents about the dangers of air pollution.
bipartisan Clean Air Act.
make is easy and fast to make our voices heard, together.
petitions to sign.
PLEASE JOIN US
www.momscleanairforce.org to keep informed
to support strong mercury and carbon rules and to protect our children from toxic chemicals.
Clean Air Force
@CleanAirMoms